multipedousadj.

Brit.

/mʌlˈtɪpᵻdəs/, U.S.

/ˌməlˈtɪpᵻdəs/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: multiped n., -ous suffix.

Etymology: < multiped n. + -ous suffix. Compare earlier palmipedous adj.

Now rare.

Having many feet or legs; (also) (of locomotion) characteristic of many-footed animals.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > animal body > general parts > body and limbs > [adjective] > of feet > having feet > having many feet

multipedous1654

polypod1707

multiped1736

polyped1822

polypodous1858

1654 W. Charleton Physiologia Epicuro-Gassendo-Charltoniana ii. iv. 118 He shall at first inspection discern the several divarications of its Members, Leggs, Feet, Tail, and other parts, no less diverse in proportion, then those observed in multipedous Insects.

1670 S. Gott Divine Hist. Genesis World 368 The Eys of some Insects are not Movable, and then they are Multocular, as well as many of them Multipedous.

1713 W. Derham Physico-theol. ix. i. 435 Motion..Vermicular, or Sinuous..or the Multipedous, or any other Way.

1733 A. Baxter Enq. Nature Human Soul 30 Or if we successively thrust forward our head, and the fore parts of our bodies, and dragged up the feet and hind parts of them, as multipedous insects and worms do.

1851 Fraser's Mag. 43 211 This subcuticular multipedous mode of going through the world.

1981 ‘M. Innes’ Lord Mullion's Secret ix. 70 At the bottom of the lift..there was..that sort of multipedous device which, cautiously advanced in front of aged persons, falsifies the ancient gnomic assertion that as we begin our life on four feet so must we end it on only three.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	multipedous
释义	multipedousadj. Brit. /mʌlˈtɪpᵻdəs/, U.S. /ˌməlˈtɪpᵻdəs/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: multiped n., -ous suffix. Etymology: < multiped n. + -ous suffix. Compare earlier palmipedous adj. Now rare. Having many feet or legs; (also) (of locomotion) characteristic of many-footed animals. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animal body > general parts > body and limbs > [adjective] > of feet > having feet > having many feet multipedous1654 polypod1707 multiped1736 polyped1822 polypodous1858 1654 W. Charleton Physiologia Epicuro-Gassendo-Charltoniana ii. iv. 118 He shall at first inspection discern the several divarications of its Members, Leggs, Feet, Tail, and other parts, no less diverse in proportion, then those observed in multipedous Insects. 1670 S. Gott Divine Hist. Genesis World 368 The Eys of some Insects are not Movable, and then they are Multocular, as well as many of them Multipedous. 1713 W. Derham Physico-theol. ix. i. 435 Motion..Vermicular, or Sinuous..or the Multipedous, or any other Way. 1733 A. Baxter Enq. Nature Human Soul 30 Or if we successively thrust forward our head, and the fore parts of our bodies, and dragged up the feet and hind parts of them, as multipedous insects and worms do. 1851 Fraser's Mag. 43 211 This subcuticular multipedous mode of going through the world. 1981 ‘M. Innes’ Lord Mullion's Secret ix. 70 At the bottom of the lift..there was..that sort of multipedous device which, cautiously advanced in front of aged persons, falsifies the ancient gnomic assertion that as we begin our life on four feet so must we end it on only three. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1654
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